Common Good

Fri. 2 pm – The Common Good: “Food Is Our Common Ground” – Of the great joys in life, not much beats a good meal. But approximately 35 million Americans faced hunger in 2019. 12/11/2020.

Now, because of COVID, that number could grow...

Fri. 2 pm – Sowing a Better Tomorrow” – If we’re lucky, holidays center around family and food. But where does that food come from? 12/04/2020.

Is it healthy and sustainable — for us...

Fri. 2 pm – Dr. David Lake, retired professor and department chair of physical therapy, joins Leigh to analyze the various vaccination issues. 11/27/2020.

There are not one or two vaccines edging...

Fri. 2 pm – The year 2020 has been a tough one … and we haven’t yet reached the end of it. The holiday this week likely came with both joys and sorrows. So let’s take a breather from difficult subjects — even if just for a day — and sing some songs about repairing the world. 11/27/2020.

Join Leigh this week for tunes you likely...

Fri. 2 pm – According to Aldo Leopold, humans have a moral responsibility to the natural world. Rather than dominating a “great chain of being,” we are part and parcel as well as stewards of the environment. 11/20/2020.

Here in Savannah, that includes the beaches. This...

Fri. 2 pm – The Common Good: “Eugenics’ Lasting Legacy” – Eugenics is a pseudoscience of the past, but its reach lingers today. 11/13/2020.

Recently, women at a Georgia immigration facility alleged...

Fri. 2 pm – The Common Good: “Yoga in All Times” – This year has been, well, “trying” at best, and the country and world may feel scarier or more divided than ever before., and a pandemic rages on. What is “wellness” today? And can it be cultivated no matter one’s age? 11/06/2020.

Kate Doran, Vinyasa yoga teacher and owner of...

Fri. 2 pm – “Racism and White Fragility” – Ronald L. Christopher, A Savannahian through and through, he returned home a few years ago to continue the conversations and work still to be done in our community. 10/30/2020.

Board chair of the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation and...

The Common Good

Any Time – “The Common Good” Podcasts available to listen at your convenience or listen live Fridays 2:00 pm. Podcasts updated and ready starting starting 10/19/2020.

Through interviews with experts and deep dives on...

Fri. 2 pm -The Common Good: “The Road to Reform (pt II)” from the end of Truman’s presidency to today. 10/23/2020.

In November, the Supreme Court will hear oral...